I wanted to know what anime to watch because I've been out of the loop for a while.

I love Cowboy Bebop, Speed Grapher, Darker Than Black, and FLCL. />

Hello, what sort of streaming services are you going to watch anime on? Netflix, Crunchyroll, Hulu, etc. all have different sorts on anime available on them. Based off the anime you listed, maybe try Moriboto: Guardian of the Spirit (good animation and action, strong story, swords), Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (great animation and story, future). I find it hard to recommend Darker than Black 2, (loved the first series) the second series looks just as good, but the story was meh for me. You may like Kill la Kill if you enjoyed the crazy style of FLCL.

Check out Myanimelist.net People can use this to rank all the anime they have watched from 1-10, so depending on howmuch you agree/disagree maybe you can find more things to watch through that site. That link is my personal list.